Calories

traceyroy54

Do i minuse 500 calories a day in excerise to lose weight?

sijomial

Only if you are using this site in a very unusual way.

If you set your calorie goal to "maintain current weight" but actually want to lose weight at the rate of 1lb a week then you are suggesting would work. Exercise being used to create your calorie deficit.

In reality the site is intended for you to to set your weight loss target and then it will give you a daily goal to which you would add the calories burned in purposeful exercise. Exercise is neutral as regards weight loss.

TavistockToad

traceyroy54 wrote: »

Do i minuse 500 calories a day in excerise to lose weight?

No, not if you have set MFP up correctly.

When you choose your rate of loss it gives you a calorie goal that includes a deficit.

traceyroy54

sijomial wrote: »

Only if you are using this site in a very unusual way.

If you set your calorie goal to "maintain current weight" but actually want to lose weight at the rate of 1lb a week then you are suggesting would work. Exercise being used to create your calorie deficit.

In reality the site is intended for you to to set your weight loss target and then it will give you a daily goal to which you would add the calories burned in purposeful exercise. Exercise is neutral as regards weight loss.

Unsual way?

sijomial

traceyroy54 wrote: »

sijomial wrote: »

Only if you are using this site in a very unusual way.

If you set your calorie goal to "maintain current weight" but actually want to lose weight at the rate of 1lb a week then you are suggesting would work. Exercise being used to create your calorie deficit.

In reality the site is intended for you to to set your weight loss target and then it will give you a daily goal to which you would add the calories burned in purposeful exercise. Exercise is neutral as regards weight loss.

Unsual way?

Because the idea is you select your rate of weight loss in your goal set up and your daily calorie goal gives you the desired calorie amount to achieve the required deficit. You don't need exercise to achieve your weight loss - the intention is that exercise is for health and fitness.

Suggest you use more words and explain precisely what you are trying to achieve if you don't understand what myself and TavistockToad have said.

Have you read the sticky threads pinned to the top of the various forums? There's a wealth of information there.

apullum

traceyroy54 wrote: »

sijomial wrote: »

Only if you are using this site in a very unusual way.

If you set your calorie goal to "maintain current weight" but actually want to lose weight at the rate of 1lb a week then you are suggesting would work. Exercise being used to create your calorie deficit.

In reality the site is intended for you to to set your weight loss target and then it will give you a daily goal to which you would add the calories burned in purposeful exercise. Exercise is neutral as regards weight loss.

Unsual way?

All you need to do is put your stats into MFP, make sure your selected pace of weight loss is reasonable for the amount you want to lose (i.e., choose a slower pace if you don't have very much to lose), and eat the number of calories that MFP tells you to eat. If you exercise, you should eat some of those calories back. You should not try to go very much under the number of calories that MFP tells you to eat because that number already includes a deficit.